Ryanair has warned that air fares to and from Dublin Airport are likely to soar this winter as a result of the cap on the number of passengers allowed to use the facility.
The airline says that the restriction means it will not be able to provide more than 1 million seats at peak periods and for special events, that it otherwise would have laid on.
He predicted that this could lead to one-way fares on that route around the festive period reaching up to €500.He claimed that the Minister for Transport Minister Eamon Ryan can do something to address the issue and could sign a special ministerial order to increase the passenger cap on what he said was a piece of national infrastructure.
Last year, in excess of 31.9 million passengers used the two terminals, which essentially means capacity has maxed out. The airport operator, daa, has applied for planning permission for infrastructural developments that would enable the cap to be increased to 40 million a year.
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